On Saturday 8/10, shanks came again and again for about 6 holes... The bad swing started to affect fairway wood and Driver too during the round...
On Sunday afternoon, I decided to videotape my swing, and I immediately realized that my changed upright back swing was not on the same swing plane, upright at the beginning, but still turned to flat after 3/4 swing. Spent about 1 hour to make self corrections with the aid of videotaping.
Two adjustments: more upright position for club shaft at 3/4 swing check point, then just lift it up from there to full back swing position.
Then went to Crooked Tree, spent almost 2 hours working on this new upright swing. At the beginning, contact was not very solid, including some hitting from behind the ball. But soon after I started to make solid contacts, and distance was relatively good too. 8 iron about 125 to 130 yard, 7 iron about 135 to 140 yard... 6 iron and 5 iron contacts were not as good though... No more shank!!!
Also tried this new swing with 4 hybrid, 7 and 5 fairway woods. Solid contacts, straight flight too, with good distance, about 165, 175 and 185 yards, respectively.
But I still could not apply the new swing to driver yet. I would tend to hit it down and make the ball flight sky high...
Practiced again this evening at another range. Upper body bent down a bit more, lift club up to a position more along the body, instead of behind. It seems to work a little better. Will need to videotape again to confirm.
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On Aug 17, had 1 shank for 2nd iron shot, maybe due to mental reason, too nervous. After that, got relaxed, and no more shanks for the rest of round.
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